Allied Warships

USS J. Richard Ward (DE 243)

Destroyer Escort of the Edsall class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeDestroyer Escort
ClassEdsall 
PennantDE 243 
Built byBrown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down30 Sep 1942 
Launched6 Jan 1943 
Commissioned5 Jul 1943 
End service13 Jun 1946 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned 13 June 1946.
Stricken 2 January 1971.
Sold 10 April 1972 and broken up for scrap.

 

Commands listed for USS J. Richard Ward (DE 243)

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1Lt. Thomas S. Dunstan, USN5 Jul 1943???

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Destroyers of World War Two

Whitley, M. J.

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